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 ### Important notes
 
+* Users are warned that support for Microsoft Speech API version 4 synthesizers is planned for removal in NVDA 2026.1.
+Any remaining users of SAPI4 speech synthesizers are encouraged to choose a more modern speech synthesizer.
+
 ### New Features
 
 * Support for math in PDFs has been added.
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@ Use `gui.message.MessageDialog` instead. (#17582)
   * `NoConsoleOptionParser`, `stringToBool`, `stringToLang` in `__main__`; use the same symbols in `argsParsing` instead.
   * `__main__.parser`; use `argsParsing.getParser()` instead.
 * `bdDetect.DeviceType` is deprecated in favour of `bdDetect.ProtocolType` and `bdDetect.CommunicationType` to take into account the fact that both HID and Serial communication can take place over USB and Bluetooth. (#17537 , @LeonarddeR)
+* SAPI4, and all of its code, are deprecated, and planned for removal in 2026.1.
 
 ## 2024.4.2